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Scott Ludlam fought hard to keep the debate going, and moved a series of amendments that would have protected journalists and whistleblowers, wind back some of the broad new computer warrant powers and increase oversight of Asio.
Ludlam spent considerable time questioning how the laws would work and whether they were appropriately crafted – what the limits of the computer warrant powers were, how the disclosure offences would apply – and he was accused of filibustering by the attorney general.
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The search of Moussaoui's computer-a warrant was granted on the afternoon of September 11th-apparently yielded nothing that would have foretold the attack or tied him to it.
The search of Moussaoui's computer — a warrant was granted on the afternoon of September 11th — apparently yielded nothing that would have foretold the attack or tied him to it.
Once in the church, people sat on chairs in rows in a basement gym, snacking on peanut butter sandwiches donated by a synagogue, while teams of officers consulted computers for warrants that in some cases were more than 20 years old.
While law enforcement agencies cannot search an individual's computer without a warrant, they can act on a tip.
"If his girlfriend didn't care about him, searching for a fact on the computer might not warrant her time," he said.
Tim Sparapani, senior legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in an interview, "You can't go into my home and search my computer without a warrant, but simply because I'm carrying my computer with me as I travel, you can search it".
"Chrome provides Google unprecedented dominance over the transmission of computer data and warrants higher privacy standards," wrote Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court and Policy Advocate John Simpson.
Though there is no law saying they must, they know if they don't, and are stopped, they can be hauled into the precinct for a few hours, their names run through the computer for outstanding warrants.
Cell phone and computer searches without warrants recently sparked an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit on behalf of 11 travellers who became subject to searches of this kind at the US border.
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